Bruno BEAUFILSFed up with my original mastodon instance behaviour and want to really boost federation concept.
Any advice where to migrate?
Should I go for a self hosted one?
Any advice on how to migrate smoothly?
Yoan@beaufils
I had the idea to setup esr.social for french researchers #ESR with a Mangane instance (which is more similar to X in terms of UI). That would require a team leader setting up a small team to operate/moderate/advertise this instance, to give trust into it by avoiding a monoadmin user. There are multiple researchers and institutional accounts who could certainly join it and/or give a hand on these topics. But never had enough energy to set this up 🤓
See https://framapiaf.org/@myoan/111878036600765525
I had the idea to setup esr.social for french researchers #ESR with a Mangane instance (which is more similar to X in terms of UI). That would require a team leader setting up a small team to operate/moderate/advertise this instance, to give trust into it by avoiding a monoadmin user. There are multiple researchers and institutional accounts who could certainly join it and/or give a hand on these topics. But never had enough energy to set this up 🤓
See https://framapiaf.org/@myoan/111878036600765525
Yoan (@[email protected])
⁉️ Une instance Mastodon dédiée à l'#ESR 🇫🇷 Vos organismes de l'ESR pourraient-ils selon vous accepter de : PS : J'ai déjà contacté l'ARCES : silence total mais sollicitations d'autres mastonautes bienvenues PPS : Quitte à créer une asso loi 1901 pour la gouverner et vérifier la légitimité des comptes #enseignement #recherche [ ] Être sur cette instance et alimenter leur compte [ ] Dédier du personnel de modération [ ] Dédier du personnel DSI à l'administration tech [ ] Fournir l'infra tech d'hébergement et sauvegarde
@beaufils (what is boost federation BTW? 🤔)
Aligning my thoughts & ideas on federation with my use of mastodon.
Being on a *too big* instance breaks the spirit of the whole thing IMHO.
I would appreciate to benefit from experience/expertise of people who had time to study and experiment more than me.
For instance, before migrating to a single hosted instance or a much larger shared one, I would like to list pro and cons of each approach as well as technical requirements (RAM, disk, admin time, etc.).
DanielI can share my experience with a self-hosted single-user Mastodon instance. I tried it back in 2020. I was unable to successfully run it on any Cloud VPS server that had less than 4GB of RAM and 2 vCPU. This cost me $20 USD per month (plus a few extra $$$ for automatic backups). When I tried to install it on a cheaper/lower-spec server, I could either not get past the installation without encountering Out of Memory errors, or I could get it running but anytime I tried to do something like add media to a post, I would get Out of Memory errors.
Nevertheless I tried it for a few months, but I decided to shut it down due to the $20+ USD per month price tag. It was during the Covid-19 pandemic and I had other monthly bills to focus on.
Fast-forward to 2024 and I wanted to try setting up a self-hosted single-user instance again, but without the high cost, so I went with another fediverse software compatible with ActivityPub. I'm running it on a server with only 1GB RAM and 1 vCPU which I'm currently paying $5 USD per month plus an extra $1 for automatic backups. The cost is more manageable for me and I haven't had any technical issues with it yet, it just works.
If you are looking to stay on Mastodon, there is a service called @mastohost and they have a plan that starts at $6 USD per month and is fully managed by @hugo. It looks pretty cool. Perhaps you can ask him about a self-hosted single-user instance on that Moon plan.
Soapbox front-end / Rebased back-end.
